Electromagnetic interactions of three-body systems in the covariant spectator theory

Franz Gross, Alfred Stadler, M. T. Pena

Published 2003-11-26Version 1

We derive a complete Feynman diagram expansion for the elastic form factor and the three-body photo and electrodisintegration of the three-body bound state using the covariant spectator theory. We show that the equations obtained are fully consistent with bound-state equations and the normalization condition previously derived for the covariant three-body bound state, and that the results conserve current.